Norfolkia squamiceps

Norfolkia squamiceps

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Blennioidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Blenniimorphae Ordo: Blenniiformes Subordo: Blennioidei

Familia: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Norfolkia
Species: Norfolkia squamiceps

Name

Norfolkia squamiceps (McCulloch & Waite, 1916)

Holotype: AMS I.5401 (1 of 2, 55 mm). Paratypes: (2) AMS I.5401 (1 of 2, not 55 mm)

Type locality: Lord Howe Island.

Synonyms

• Gillias squamiceps McCulloch & Waite, 1916
• Norfolkia lairdi Fowler, 1953

References

Primary references

• McCulloch, A.R. & Waite, E.R. 1916. Additions to the fish-fauna of Lord Howe Island. No. 5. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 40: 437–451, Pls. 40–43. Reference page.  [see page 449, Pl. 41]
• Fowler, H.W. 1953. On a collection of fishes made by Dr. Marshall Laird at Norfolk Island. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 81(2): 257–267. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gillias squamiceps in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on June 13, 2017.
• Norfolkia squamiceps – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Norfolkia squamiceps in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.